OUR STORY
BRITISH LUXURY MAISON.
ART. OBJECTS.
THE HANDMADE SNEAKER.
HANDMADE IN ENGLAND.
THE PHILOSOPHY
1812 IS NOT DEFINED BY SCALE BUT BY SPIRIT.
LUXURY HERE IS NOT LOUD. IT IS QUIET, DELIBERATE AND MADE TO LAST. A SMALL MAISON WITH ONE AMBITION: TO ADD SOMETHING NEW TO ENGLISH CRAFT.
THE HISTORY
IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE FOUNDER’S FAMILY MADE BESPOKE FOOTWEAR AND LEATHER GOODS BY HAND IN ENGLAND.
1812 CARRIES THAT WORK FORWARD. THE NAME IS A TRIBUTE TO A BESPOKE SHOEMAKER, HIS GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER.
ABOUT 1812
1812 WAS NOT BUILT TO FIT IN.
IT WAS BUILT ON THE BELIEF THAT SOMETHING COULD BE MADE IN ENGLAND THAT HAD NOT BEEN MADE BEFORE. NOT HERITAGE FOR ITS OWN SAKE. NOT TREND. NOT VOLUME. THE QUALITY OF THINKING BEHIND EVERY DECISION.
ONE SNEAKER A YEAR, MADE TO ORDER BY HAND AND RELEASED WHEN IT IS READY. ART AND OBJECTS CHOSEN TO LIVE ALONGSIDE IT.
THIS IS 1812. A BRITISH LUXURY MAISON. HANDMADE IN ENGLAND.
THE VISION
1812 BEGAN AS A PERSONAL INTENTION: TO MAKE THINGS IN ENGLAND THAT FEEL CERTAIN, QUIET AND UNMISTAKABLE.
EVERY DECISION IS HELD TO ONE STANDARD. CRAFT. PROPORTION. PURPOSE.
THE ANTHOLOGY
AN EVOLVING ANTHOLOGY. EACH PIECE IS RELEASED WHEN THE IDEA IS RESOLVED, NEVER WHEN A SEASON ASKS FOR IT.
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